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LEGEND
THIS ONE GUY WAS SORT OF A HIPPIE-TYPE GOD.
HIS NAME WAS OWSLING. HE WAS THIS MAN WHO WAS
UP IN CANADA AND MADE ALL THIS LSD BY HIMSELF.
THIS WAS ABOUT EARLY 1964. AND HE TRAVELLED
ALL THE WAY FROM NEW YORK TO THE WEST COAST
TURNING ON PEOPLE. AT ONE POINT HE WAS AT THIS
PARTY, I THINK IT WAS IN BUFFALO AT A COLLEGE,
AND HE POURED ALL THIS LSD INTO THE PUNCHBOWL.
AND ALL THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE GOT TURNED ON,
AND SO DID ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE. AND HE WENT
AROUND--HE WAS SORT OF LIKE THE JOHNNY APPLESEED
OF ACID. AND HE MADE ALL THIS STUFF. IT WAS
VERY GOOD ACID. AND PEOPLE TO THIS DAY--AND
THIS IS THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS IN PRODUCTION--
HE WAS SINCE ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA, AND PEOPLE
STILL INSIST THAT THERE IS OWSLING ACID GOING
AROUND, THAT YOU CAN BUY IT, WHICH IS QUITE
RIDICULOUS, HE DIDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH.
PEOPLE ALSO INSIST THAT YOU CAN BUY SANDOS
ACID WHICH IS ALSO QUITE--SANDOS IS A
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IN SWITZERLAND--ALSO
QUITE RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE SANDOS CEASED
PRODUCTION IN 1962, SO I'M SURE IT'S ALL USED UP.
James Callow comment: DID THIS GIRL TAKE SOME?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
IN ST. LOUIS, THE "VEILED PROPHET" HAS BECOME A LEGENDARY
FIGURE. ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND, THIS PROPHET OR KING
FROM A FAR-AWAY LAND VISITS EVERY YEAR THE FAIREST CITY IN
THE LAND (WHICH IS ALWAYS ST. LOUIS) AND THERE SELECTS HIS
QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY, WHO WILL REIGN WITH HIM FOR A
YEAR. IN REALITY, THE ANNUAL OCCASION IS A SOCIAL AFFAIR
AT WHICH THE DEBUTANTES ARE PRESENTED TO SOCIETY. BUT IT
IS CARRIED OUT WITH ALL THE SPLENDOR AND POMP BEFITTING
HIS ROYAL MAJESTY WHO APPEARS AT THE BALL IN ROYAL ROBES
AND WITH VEILED FACE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PAGES, HERALDS
(WHO ANNOUNCE THE DEBUTANTES WHOSE NAMES, ESPECIALLY
THAT OF THE CHOSEN QUEEN, HAVE BEEN KEPT SECRET UNTIL THIS
SHINING HOUR), AND THE BENGAL LANCERS WHO FORM AN HONOR
GUARD FOR THE QUEEN.
THE DAY AFTER THE BALL, THE VEILED PROPHET, HIS QUEEN AND
HER COURT, RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CITY IN THE
ANNUAL VEILED PROPHET PARADE, COMPLETE WITH FLOATS,
MARCHING BANDS, ETC.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PPARADE THE PROPHET "DISAPPEARS"
UNTIL HIS NEXT ANNUAL VISIT. (BUT SOMEHOW THE QUEEN
ALWAYS STAYS BEHIND TO PRESIDE AT ALL THE SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF
THE CITY.)
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
THE BELL WITCH
THE BELL WITCH, OF SUPERNATURAL ORIGIN, IS SAID TO HAVE
EXISTED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE ABOUT 75 YEARS
AGO. SHE STARTED OUT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS BUT, AFTER
ATTENDING TWO CHURCH SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME, SHE
TURNED BAD. HER MAIN INTENT SEEMED TO BE TO INFLICT
SUFFERING, PARTICULARLY UPON JOHN BELL. SHE TORMENTED
HIM TO HIS DEATH.
ANDREW JACKSON, AMONG MANY OTHERS, IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
SEEN THE BELL WITCH.
THE LATE CHARLES BRYAN, FORMER MEMBER OF THE PEABODY
COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, WROTE A CANTATA CALLED "THE
BELL WITCH CANTATA."
Where learned: DORM ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): MUSICAL COMPOSITION ; PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
SECULAR HERO
LEGEND IS NOW CIRCULATING THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS
NOT ASSASSINATED, BUT THAT HE IS ALIVE IN THE DALLAS
(TEXAS) HOSPITAL AS A "VEGETABLE" ONLY. MRS. JOHN F.
KENNEDY ONASSIS VISITED HIM FREQUENTLY BEFORE HER
SECOND MARRIAGE AND RIGHT BEFORE HER MARRIAGE SHE
WAS ABLE TO GET A DIVORCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 05-00-1969
SECULAR HERO
LEGEND WAS CIRCULATED AT TIME OF DEATH OF ACTOR
JAMES DEAN THAT ACTUALLY HE WAS NOT DEAD BUT ALIVE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
SECULAR HERO
MRS. ORR TELLS A STORY OF HOW AN EXTRA LARGE BATHTUB
HAD TO BE BUILT FOR PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND WHEN
HE VISITED NASHVILLE AND STAYED AT BELLE MEADE
MANSION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Abnormal in size |
Date learned: 05-00-1969
TALE OF SECULAR HERO
A FAMOUS LANDMARK IN BELFAST, TENNESSEE, IS AN OAK TREE THAT
ANDREW JACKSON SUPPOSELY SLEPT UNDER ON HIS WAY TO FLORIDA TO
FIGHT THE CREEK INDIANS.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
TALE OF SECULAR HERO
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT UNDER A TREE IN EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SC, AND
A MONUMENT HAS BEEN PLACED AT A SPOT WHERE HE FOUGHT A BATTLE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; EDGEFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: STICKY SITUATION
YOU'LL BE UP SALT RIVER FOR SURE.
Submitter comment:
SAID BY NEIGHBOR, MRS. FLOYD SHRADER, IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
1945-1972 TO EXPRESS THAT SOMEONE WAS LOST, OR THAT THEY
COULDN'T GET OUT OF A PARTICULAR SITUATION WITHOUT A LOT OF
TROUBLE. SHE SAID THAT HENRY CLAY WENT UP SALT RIVER IN
KENTUCKY TO CAMPAIGN AND GOT LOST UP THERE AND COULDN'T FIND
HIS WAY OUT. MRS. SHRADER WAS FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. BUT LIVED
IN LOUISVILLE, WHERE HER HUSBAND WAS WITH THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS
IN THE GROUND WATER DIVISION.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): STICKY SITUATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
COLLEGE LEGEND
MIKE TOLD ME ABOUT A FANTASTIC PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR
AT JOHN CARROLL {UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND, OHIO},
WHO GAVE AN ENTIRE COURSE WITH ONLY ONE TEST, A FINAL.
ON THIS CUMULATIVE FINAL, HE ASKED BUT ONE QUESTION
ON WHICH TO BASE THE GRADE FOR AN ENTIRE SEMESTER.
THE QUESTION WAS "WHY?" NATURALLY, THE CLASS WORKED
FURIOUSLY TO INCLUDE ALL ASPECTS OF PHILOSOPHY IN
THEIR ANSWERS WITHIN THEIR ALLOTTED TIME. BUT WHEN
THE TESTS WERE GRADED, ONLY ONE PERSON RECEIVED
AN A FOR THE COURSE. HE WAS THE STUDENT WHOSE
ENTIRE SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM CONSISTED OF TWO
WORDS: "WHY NOT?"
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Keyword(s): PHILOSOPHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 04-00-1966
ALBERT EINSTEIN
ONE TIME EINSTEIN WAS MAKING A JOURNEY BY TRAIN.
WHEN THE CONDUCTOR CAME TO COLLECT THE TICKETS, HE
SEARCHED THROUGH HIS POCKETS, BUT COULDN'T FIND HIS
TICKET. THE CONDUCTOR RECOGNIZED HIM AND TOLD HIM
TO FORGET ABOUT IT. EINSTEIN REPLIED THAT HE HAD
TO FIND THE TICKET, BECAUSE HE COULDN'T REMEMBER
WHERE HE WAS GOING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEMORY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
JOHNNY APPLESEED
JOHNNY APPLESEED WAS TO HAVE STAYED OVERNIGHT AT
THEIR FARM HOUSE. FOR LETTING HIM SLEEP THERE, HE
PLANTED AN APPLE TREE IN THEIR FRONT YARD. WHICH IS
STILL THERE TODAY.
Submitter comment:
DERBY'S FARM HOUSE HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN TO THEM FROM
PAST GENERATIONS. IT IS LOCATED ABOUT TWO MILES
NORTHEAST FROM CARSONVILLE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CARSONVILLE
Keyword(s): LEGENDARY FIGURE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
INDIAN LEGEND
THE INDIANS OF THE NORTHWEST ONLY FISHED IN CREEKS.
SOME STRANGERS CAME ALONG--THERE WERE SIXTEEN OF THEM.
THEY WERE STRANGE LOOKING, FOR THEY WERE TALL WITH BLUE
EYES AND BLOND HAIR. THEY HAD METAL WEAPONS. THEY
TAUGHT THE INDIANS HOW TO BUILD BOATS AND HOUSES AND
HOW TO HUNT FOR WHALES. LEGEND SAYS THAT THESE WERE
VIKINGS WHO CAME OVER WITH LEIF ERIKSEN--THEY WENT DOWN
THE GREAT LAKES, UP THE FOX RIVER TO THE MISSISSIPPI,
THEN UP INTO CANADA. A FEW YEARS AGO A VIKING SHIP
WAS FOUND THERE; ALSO A STONE TABLET WITH VIKING
WRITING ON IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GEOGRAPHY ; INSTRUCTION ; Legend ; Lore ; MICHIGAN ; Origin ; Viking
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 05-15-1965
PECOS BILL
MYTHICAL SUPER COWBOY RAISED BY COYOTES. CREDITED
WITH INVENTING ROPING AND OTHER COWBOY SKILLS.
SAID TO HAVE ROPED AND SADDLED A MOUNTAIN LION,
WHICH HE WHIPPED WITH A RATTLESNAKE.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
FREBOLD FREBOLDSON
LEGENDARY SWEDISH PIONEER FAMOUS FOR HIS POWERS TO
"BUST DROUGHTS" ON THE GREAT PLAINS. HERO OF MANY
HUMEROUS EXAGGERATIONS ABOUT EARLY PIONEERS.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
CALAMITY JANE
ROUGH-SHOD FRONTIER TOMBOY. LIKED TO CUSS, WEAR
BUCKSKINS, DRINK AND CHEW TOBACCO. BOASTED THAT
ANYONE WHO OFFENDED HER WAS COURTING CALAMITY.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
BUFFALO BILL
FAMOUS INDIAN SCOUT AND HUNTER. WON HIS NAME WHEN
UNDER CONTRACT TO SUPPLY MEAT TO THE RAILROADS. KILLED
4,861 BUFFALO IN ONE SEASON. LATER OPENED FAMOUS
"WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
ANNIE OAKLEY
FAMED FOR HER PHENOMENAL MARKSMANSHIP. COULD SHOOT
THE HEAD OFF A RUNNING QUAIL WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 8.
STARRED IN BUFFALO BILL'S "WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
JOHN HENRY
LEGENDARY STEELDRIVER REPUTED TO WEIGH 33 LBS. AT BIRTH.
FAMOUS FOR WINNING HEROIC CONTEST WITH A STEAM DRILL.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
KRAKOW BELIEF
A LONG TIME AGO, BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POLAND AS A
COUNTRY, THERE EXISTED A DRAGON THAT WAS FEARED BY PEOPLE
ALL OVER. HE LIVED IN A CAVE NOT FAR FROM THE TOWN OF
KRAKOW. THIS GIANT DRAGON WAS ALWAYS HUNGRY AND ATE PEOPLE
AS WELL AS ANIMALS FROM THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES. THE
PEOPLE COULD NOT GATHER ENOUGH POWER OR COURAGE TO KILL HIM.
THERE LIVED A MAN NAMED KRAKUS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. HE
CAME UP WITH A PLAN THAT HE THOUGHT WOULD RID THE VILLAGERS
OF THIS DEMON FOR GOOD. HE TOOK THE SKIN FROM A FLOCK
OF SHEEP AND FILLED IT WITH SULPHUR. AFTER SWALLOWING THE
SHEEP AND SKIN HE BECAME VERY THIRSTY BECAUSE THE SULPHUR
BURNED HIS STOMACH. HE WENT TO A NEARBY RIVER NAMED
VISTULA AND DRANK SUCH AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WATER HE
BURST. THE PEOPLE WERE SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS THAT THEY CHOSE
KRAKUS AS THEIR LEADER.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT ALL THE CHILDREN KNEW THIS TALE
AND IT IS QUITE UNUSUAL TO APPROACH A PERSON FROM POLAND
AND DISCOVER THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW THIS STORY. GENERALLY,
THE ADULTS DO NOT BELIEVE IN THIS STORY, BUT MOST OF THE
SMALL CHILDREN DO. THERE ACTUALLY WAS SUCH A MAN. THE
CAVE EXISTS TO THIS DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-09-1971